Hoping to get the new Steam Controller soon? Good luck, demand appears to be still quite high and seems far more than Valve can currently make.
Valve have now announced an update on the reservation system - to give a bit more detail on when you can expect to receive one if you make a reservation. The good news is that Valve said very clearly "We have no plans to stop making Steam Controller" but due to demand they're trying to manage expectations.
The Steam Controller page will now give you a time frame "by when you can expect to receive your order email, based on when you reserved":
- By September 2026
- By December 2026
- In 2027 (with additional information on specific timing to come)
If you still want to reserve one - Valve are still taking reservations right now but if you reserve from now it won't get to you until 2027 at the earliest it seems. And once you get a purchase email, Valve give you 72 hours to make the purchase before you get removed from the list.
Source: Valve
To me that seems pretty nuts. Over 6 months if you reserve from today. Although, perhaps not totally unexpected. It is one of the most versatile and configurable controllers available on the market making it quite popular. But on the flip-side, it probably has a much lower priority for production compared to other hardware.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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To me that seems pretty nuts. Over 6 months if you reserve from today.It's sugar in the fuel tank for those that want a Controller to use with their Machine. Unless they've held enough back for bundles.
Gosh, I can't imagine how it will go with the Steam Frame.
As far as I know, they manufacture the Steam Controller in house? If so, expanding production capacity is harder than just ordering bigger production batches.
Turkeysteaks 29 minutes ago
Quoting: CatKillerIt's sugar in the fuel tank for those that want a Controller to use with their Machine. Unless they've held enough back for bundles.I can only assume the bundles will be accounted for (although I expect they'll only have supply for half a moment anyway). From my understanding every steam machine will come with a SC2 right?
I wonder if they'll employ reservations from the get go with the frame/machine. Part of me thinks not, they'll wait until the initial supply runs dry first (which agian, I expect will be a few hours at most)
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